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SUMMARY:Birmingham\, Wolverhampton and Cosford Branch: The Azores Glider
DESCRIPTION:On 24 August 2001\, an Airbus A330-200 jet powered by Rolls-Roy
 ce Trent 700 ran out of fuel mid-Atlantic and successfully glided 121 kilo
 metres to land in the Azores. This lecture welcomes Mr Martin Maltby FRAeS
 \, who was the Chief Engineer of the Trent 700 engine and was closely invo
 lved in the subsequent investigation.\nThe presentation examines the root 
 cause of the incident\, the pilots' actions\, and the findings of the form
 al inquiry. The audience are invited to consider how they would have respo
 nded to the evolving situation.\nMartin Maltby obtained a degree in Aerona
 utical Engineering at Imperial College London and has worked at Rolls-Royc
 e and BAE Systems. Initially\, he worked on the RTM322 engine for the Merl
 in and Apache helicopters before becoming Chief Powerplant Engineer at BAe
 . He rejoined Rolls-Royce and became Chief Engineer of the Trent 700\, Tre
 nt 500\, and the BR725 for the Gulfstream G650. He subsequently served as 
 Technical Director of the TP400 engine for the A400M military transport be
 fore returning as Chief Engineer of the BR710 NextGen business jet engine.
  Martin is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and was awarded the 
 RAeS Bronze Medal in 2012 for his work on certifying the TP400. He is also
  President of the RAeS Berlin-Brandenburg Branch.
LOCATION:RAF Cosford\, Cosford
URL:https://events.aero/gb/events/birmingham-wolverhampton-and-cosford-bran
 ch-the-azores-glider
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